ICONIC 2018

The International Conference of Integrated Intellectual Community

ICONIC 2018 will be held in Hannover from 28th - 29th April, 2018.

The 3rd ICONIC (International Conference of Integrated Intellectual Community) 2018 is biannual conference initiated among academician within the Indonesian Student Association in Germany, also called Perhimpunan Pelajar Indonesia (PPI) Jerman), and that has been devoted to discuss scientific state-of-the-art on the recent worldwide hot topics, to exchange knowledge and experiences amongst academicians or scientists, practitioners and policy makers.

ICONIC 2018 raises a theme of “Science and Technology for Sustainable Development” adopting the resolution in UN General Assembly held on September 25th 2015 (http://www.un.org). A set of goals toward a new sustainable development agenda for all has been issued, are: (1) No poverty, (2) Zero hunger, (3) Good health and well-being, (4) Quality education, (5) Gender equality, (6) Clean water and sanitation, (7) Affordable and clean energy, (8) Decent work and economic growth, (9) Industry, innovation and infrastructure, (10) Reduced inequality, (11) Sustainable cities and communities, (12) Responsible consumption and production, (13) Climate action, (14) Life below water, (15) Life on land, (16) Peace, justice and strong Institution, and (17) Partnerships for the goals. Already specific and ambitious targets has been proposed to achieve over the next 15 years. This renders opportunities for people around the world to exchange ideas and share experiences for accelerating the achievement of each target. With respect to the new set of sustainable development goals, ICONIC 2018 focuses on the central issues covering:

In 2018, PPI Jerman is also honored to host the 5th Symposium of Indonesian Student Association of America and Europe region (Simposium PPI AMEROP). The ICONIC 2018 and the AMEROP Symposium 2018 are designed to afford the delegates to work together, build a network, elaborate the ideas, and start encouraging the first movement to overcome the challenges of the current and future Indonesia by peer reviewed research. What are the implications of such sustainable developments and change processes through science and technology in Indonesia? These questions and related topics (Energy and Natural sciences; IT, Infrastructure, Logistics, and Telecommunication; also Food industry and Medical sciences) will be addressed in plenary presentations and keynote speeches in thematic sessions.